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physicist

American  
[fiz-uh-sist] / ˈfɪz ə sɪst /

noun

  1. a scientist who specializes in physics. physics.

physicist British  
/ ˈfɪzɪsɪst /

noun

  1. a person versed in or studying physics

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Etymology

Origin of physicist

First recorded in 1710–20; physic(s) + -ist

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The 26-member team includes eight Ph.D.s, including Kosowski, a theoretical computer scientist, mathematician and quantum physicist who received his doctorate at age 20.

From The Wall Street Journal

"This work will call for collaboration between particle physicists and astronomers," Zhang said.

From Science Daily

And while he boasts of his strong aesthetic sense—trained as a physicist, he left the field in the 1970s “nauseated” by the “hideously ugly” ideas then coming into vogue—his eye is suspect.

From The Wall Street Journal

Nuclear physicists used IBM's quantum computers to perform the largest digital quantum simulation ever completed.

From Science Daily

Shaw, Citadel — all of them hired physicists, bought supercomputers and started hunting for meaningless correlations that somehow made money.

From MarketWatch

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